When backup QB Russell Bellomy tore an ACL on Friday and was lost indefinitely, Michigan's spring quarterback situation became a lot more tense, even prompting head coach Brady Hoke to admit that he was a little uneasy about the whole thing.

Starting quarterback Devon Gardner is as stable as ever, but with no scholarship quarterbacks behind him until high profile recruit Shane Morris (Warren De La Salle) arrives on campus, protecting his health became the biggest issue of the spring since losing starting linebacker Jake Ryan to the same injury.

Still, heading into the season with a true freshman and a walk-on (Brian Cleary) as your backup quarterbacks is enough to keep an offensive coordinator up at night.

"The numbers are what they are," Michigan offensive coordinator Al Borges said calmly Thursday afternoon. "I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. I've been in this situation before, so it's not a completely novel concept."

Hoke confirmed Tuesday that the Wolverines don't have the luxury of redshirting Morris and said Borges had already reached out to young QB following Bellomy's injury.

Asked if that phone call would cause Morris to rethink his preparation in the few months remaining before he heads to Ann Arbor, Borges shared that it wouldn't.

"Not as much as you might think," Borges said matter of factily. "He was going to come in and compete anyway, so there's one less spot there to go through. So that's really all it impacted. He knows that there's one less body. It didn't effect him as much as you might think."

In fact, if there is one freshman who will arrive in August with a sense of familiarity, it will be him.

"He's been around for a couple years actually," Borges said. "He committed early, so he knows everybody on the team and they all know him. He'll hit the ground running I think when he gets here."

He may know the players, but expectations should still be tempered. Playing quarterback as a true freshman, weeks after stepping foot on campus, is a daunting task. Talent and ability is one thing, mastering a Big Ten offensive playbook is another.

"No, we haven't talked about any of that, other than the recruitment part of it," Borges said when asked about Morris' knowledge of the Wolverine offense. "But he's studious, he'll work hard, we'll coach him up."

"I haven't coached him yet. So until then, I can't address that question. That's better suited after he's practiced a couple weeks into fall camp. It's different for different guys. Some guys, when they get here, it's overwhelming. I don't know that he would be that way, because he's been here so much. It's just too hard to say. Every guy's different."